Softbank, which announced a $20 billion deal to acquire U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel earlier this month, said it booked a record operating profit in the first half of its fiscal year. Softbank said its sales in the April-September ...
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Nandan Exim Limited is the second largest integrated denim manufacturing industry in India said its total revenue rose 26% to Rs.354.35 crore for the half year ended September 30, 2012 compared to RS.280.37 crore in the corresponding half ...
Tags: Denim Maker, Nandan Exim Revenue, net profit, Vedprakash Chiripal
Spanish discount retailer Dia has booked an increase in profit in the first nine months of the year,boosted by growth in emerging markets. The Spain-listed company,which was spun off by France's Carrefour last year,saw its net profit ...
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Thailand s Siam Cement Pcl doubled its forecast for sales growth of the construction material this year, but maintained its forecast for a fall in overall earnings as weak petrochemical prices dragged down third quarter profit. ...
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Southern Province Cement announced a 16% increase in net profit to $199m for the nine months to September 30, and an 11% increase in year-on-year profits to $53.3m for the three months since June 30. The company, which operates three plants ...
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US confectioner Hershey has raised its full-year profit outlook despite reporting a 10% drop in third-quarter earnings. In the three months to the end of September, net profit slumped 79.8% to US$176.7m, while EBIT fell 6% to $301.7m. ...
Tags: confectioner, Hershey, raised profit outlook, net profit, slumped
Amazon made a net loss in the third quarter,its first loss in nine years,even as revenue increased by 27%year on year. The$274 million third-quarter loss compared with a net profit of$63 million a year earlier.Net sales grew to$13.8 ...
Computerworld-Apple on Thursday announced record revenue on the back of booming iPhone sales,but iPad sales came up short of Wall Street's expectations. The forecast for the holidays also looks less profitable,the company ...
Samsung has almost doubled its profits in its third quarter of 2012,thanking the performance of its smartphone division for the significant rise. Net profit for the three-month period hit KRW6.56tn(GBP3.7bn),which represented a ...
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Apple disappointed analysts with its iPad sales figures when it announced its fourth quarter results for 2012. The numbers were dominated by the iPhone,selling 26.9 million in the three months to 29 September,which equated to a 58%rise ...
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Arabian Cement Co saw its net profit for the nine month period decline by 8.3% to $81.3m, and profits for the three-month period fell by 17% to $23.2m. The firm s lower profits have run against the trend of third quarter results posted by ...
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The newest of Saudi Arabia s Cement Companies to be quoted on Saudi Arabias stock exchange, City Cement, announced a 31% increase in net profits for the nine months to September 30 to $53.2m (SR: 199.45m). The Riyadh-based company floated ...
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Saudi Cement Co has reported a 7.3% jump in its third-quarter net profit, thanks to higher local demand, meeting analyst expectations, Reuters has reported. The cement maker posted a net profit of SR210m ($56m) in the three months to ...
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Shares in technology giants Intel and IBM dropped as both companies showed weakness in their third quarter revenues. Chip manufacturer Intel reported a quarterly revenue of $13.46bn (£8.32bn), down from $14.23bn (£8.8bn) in ...
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Computer chip maker Intel has reported falls in both sales and profits in the third quarter,saying the results"reflected a continuing,tough economic environment". The company reported a net profit of$2.97bn for the quarter ending 29 ...
Tags: Intel Sales, Profits Fall, economic environment, Intel-based tablets